Example sentences of "[adv] see [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Like , how do you know what goes on , like with , dolphins , with whales , with all sorts of species of animals , like we do n't know , well we 're so dense we can only see things like this !
2 ‘ I can only see things getting worse .
3 ‘ Nothing has changed since the revolution and I can only see things getting worse and worse .
4 We do n't know how many solar systems there are in each galaxy because we can only see stars , not planets , but we earlier used an estimate that there may be 100 billion billion planets in the universe .
5 The French , on the other hand , would only see developments which took account of the most recent feudal settlement of 1327 .
6 and that 's a bargain , and se you know these reps would come round selling this that and the other and if , you could only see samples after , would n't touch it with a barge pole like you know , yeah I 'll have that , that 's all but that 's because he had a good grounding
7 She looked and looked at the place where the fire had been , searching for the future , but could only see ashes .
8 There will be times during a good investigative session when they need to draw several quick diagrams perhaps , or they may suddenly see connections between things which they can not yet explain but need to indicate immediately .
9 She could suddenly see years back , when her dad took her to smell the tar-bucket .
10 However , we can already see difficulties for any variation on this approach .
11 One can already see trends in this direction .
12 One can thus see gains and losses in the two broad approaches to the study of literature described by Welch ( 1987 ) .
13 The Herald announced that Farnham people might soon see women tackling fires alongside their male comrades in the National Fire Service .
14 Does he not just see Lapps ?
15 He could just see boxes , litter blowing in the wind and rats scavenging for food .
16 Discussing the number of child cycling accidents , PC Dave Hogg told Darlington 's road safety forum last week that they 'd rather see children under ten pedalling on the pavement .
17 A statement from the council 's environmental health department said the authority would rather see dogs cared for properly than have to catch them as strays .
18 When I went to Roundhay first I could still see fairies .
19 The Anchor brewery had been built in 1757 by a couple of brewers from Bethnal Green called Wastfield and Moss , at a time when the district was so quiet and un-built-up you could still see ships passing on the Thames from the brewery windows .
20 You can still see vestiges in the upper terraces of the early Baroque garden .
21 That is why you will still see caricatures of Sherlock Holmes in cartoons and advertisements in your newspaper , and that , too , is why the Great Detective , although unlikely to be a creation of your own , is worth some consideration .
22 You do n't usually see daisies do you ?
23 One occupation which requires people to work a few days now and then is market research , and you will usually see advertisements for this work in local papers .
24 Now one of the things that you tend to find is that if you were to ask about groups then people regurgitate all the stuff about groups but with most questions you can usually see links to other parts of the syllabus .
25 But men of the late Middle Ages did not always see things that way : for reasons of history , language , sentiment , as well as political expediency , their own independence and , consequently , the continued fragmentation of France , ought to be maintained .
26 But do you ever see bolsters sold now ?
27 Do we ever see articles or helpful hints aimed at us ?
28 After a few hours ' walking along the ridge we could clearly see Koitobos , one of the peaks surrounding the crater rim — a long , flat-topped buttress with a steep cone at one end , composed of large , dark brown , vertical columns .
29 If you looked at the Trees ' upper halves ; at the streaming leaf-hair and the mischievous faces of the Silver Birches and the wise , implacable solemnity of the Oaks and the cool , wanton beauty of the Beeches , you could very nearly see similarities to Human features and Human characteristics .
30 But as the speculators wait for the President 's more substantive statement , they might reflect that the average middle class voter will probably see things rather differently .
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